[Ansteorra-archery] Source for Scales and Goggles for CA?

[Ken Theriot]

Thanks Eadric,

 

Kenneth

 

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From: Eadric Anstapa [mailto:eadric at scabrewer.com] 
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 4:26 PM
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Source for Scales and Goggles for CA?

 

Bow scales can be found as cheaply as or $15 or $19 but more typically in
the $30 range.  During the season they can sometimes be found an Wal-Mart
and can often be found at Academy cheaply.

Most online vendors have a handheld bow scale
Try this search
http://www.google.com/products?q=archery+bow+scale

For goggles I DO NOT recommend industrial safety goggles.  Industrial "shop"
safety goggles meeting the ANSI Z87 spec is all that is required by the
rules but long term I think you will be happier and safer if you spend a few
more bucks.

I would recommend that you purchase a set of racquetball goggles.  The
standards for racquetball goggles is MUCH higher than shop goggles.    They
are designed to stay put when you are running and bouncing around.  They are
designed to be more-antifog than cheap shop goggles.  They are much more
rugged and last much longer.  And  where the stricter standards come in...
their standard require them to be able to take a MUCH greater impact.  Shop
goggles are designed to protect against small bits of flying materials far
smaller and weighing far less and one of our bolts or arrows.  Racquetball
goggles are intended to protect a persons eyes from the impact of a racquet.
If you have every played racquetball for very long you have probably been
hit with a racquet and you know how hard/fast you are swinging them.
Racquetball goggles will actually provide good protection from being hit in
the eye with a rattan sword.  You can get racquetball goggles at about any
Wal-Mart, Academy, or similar sporting goods store and prices start at less
than $10.
http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content
<http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content&target=products/sports/racque
tball/eyewear> &target=products/sports/racquetball/eyewear

Another option is a Lacrosse eyemask.  The are also designed to withstand
the impact of a swinging stick and stay in place when you are running
around.  The eyemasks also have the advantage of not fogging (cause it's a
wire mask), have great visibility, and are much cooler.  If ya choose to go
the  lacrosse eyemask route  ya gotta make sure that the wire mask  would
pass a standard test that you would give a helmet grill wit ha 1" dowel.
http://www.uslacrosse.org/news/2004/eyewearupdate.phtml
http://www.lacrossemonkey.com/womens-headgear.html
http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content
<http://www.academy.com/index.php?page=content&target=products/sports/lacros
se/goggles> &target=products/sports/lacrosse/goggles

Racquetball and Lacrosse eyewear conform to the  ASTM F803-03 standard
"Standard Specification for Eye Protectors For Selected Sports".  Really
what we do on the SCA field is much much more closely aligned with eyewear
designed for sports rather than those for industrial Z87 goggles.

Regards,

-EA

Ken Theriot wrote: 

I need to get several of the scales we use to measure draw weight.  Does
anyone know of a good source where I can get like 10 of them?  Also, I'd
like to get the marshal safety goggles for combat archery in bulk if
possible.  I saw a box of them at BAM and wondered where I could pick up
some of those.

 

Thanks!  

 

Kenneth

 

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